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It is time for Independents, Moderate Republicans, and Moderate Democrats to get together and form the G.R.I.P. party- Grass Roots Independent Pragmatists party.When Puerto Rico becomes a State, reorganize the Senate into: One seat for every state & proportion 51 seats to the national parties based on voter registration.Coalitions will become the norm in politics.No one party can dominate.Extremism will lose power.

“…Senate into: One seat for every state & proportion 51 seats to the national parties based on voter registration…”That is a little fuzzy. It might be more realistic to leave the Senate alone and start by having all Representative to the House run “at large” within each State. Each political party would supply a list of who they would send to Congress and get to send a number proportional to the vote (for the party) in their State. The total from each State would stay as it is now, determined by the States population. This would mean that if 10% of the people in Texas voted Libertarian, 10% of the Representatives from Texas would be Libertarian.(etc.)Add a minimum five or six percent barrier and you really would have coalitions.Oh, and don’t hold your breath waiting for Puerto Rico to become a State.

About Clay Bennett

A nominated finalist for the Pulitzer 6 times since 1999, Chattanooga Times Free Press cartoonist Clay Bennett won the Prize in 2002. He has also earned just about every other editorial cartoon award there is, including the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, the John Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition, the Overseas Press Club's Thomas Nast Award, the National Headliner Award, the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award, the National Journalism Award from the Scripps Howard Foundation, and the National Cartoonists Society Division Award for Best Editorial Cartoons. Bennett was also named Editorial Cartoonist of the Year by Editor & Publisher magazine in 2001.